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>    The large object implementation breaks large
    objects up into <SPAN
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>"chunks"</SPAN
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    rows in the database.  A B-tree index guarantees fast
    searches for the correct chunk number when doing random
    access reads and writes.
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>    As of <SPAN
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> 9.0, large objects have an owner
    and a set of access permissions, which can be managed using
    <A
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    <A
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    For compatibility with prior releases, see
    <A
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    <TT
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>SELECT</TT
> privileges are required to read a large
    object, and
    <TT
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>UPDATE</TT
> privileges are required to write to or
    truncate it.
    Only the large object owner (or the database superuser) can unlink, comment
    on, or change the owner of a large object.
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